Newt Gingrich: Here’s my strategy for keeping a House Republican majority in November

On Wednesday, I was honored to speak at the Winter Meeting of the Republican National Committee about the how important and impactful the 2018 elections could be for America. Below is an excerpt of my remarks.

Let me thank all of you, particularly those I was just chatting with, for your generosity. I have been active in the Republican Party a fairly long time, longer than the younger people here have been alive. And I want to talk to you from the heart. When Ronna and I talked about coming by, I think it was precisely because I had enough distance to look at these things and to be involved on a number of occasions.

First of all, I thought last night’s State of the Union rivaled anything that Ronald Reagan did. It was just astonishingly effective. President Trump found specific individuals whose stories weren’t just important as wonderful human stories, but they each illustrated a part of the American tapestry in the American culture in a way that reminded all of us America is such a wonderful country. I thought it was a very powerful and very effective speech. Read more …

“We made great strides in 2017 defending TABOR and advancing policies that promote economic freedom,” Jesse Mallory, AFP’s state director and the former Colorado Senate Republicans’ chief of staff, said in a statement.

Over the course of a turbulent 13-hour final day of the 2017 session Wednesday, the Colorado Legislature passed one the most wide-ranging omnibus spending bills in recent memory and then killed off the vast majority of functions of the Colorado Energy Office.

The 120th day of the first session of the 71st General Assembly began with broad bipartisan support over Senate Bill 267, a measure that saves Colorado hospitals from $528 million in funding cuts, dedicates $1.88 billion to highway projects, pares Medicaid spending and offers a personal property tax credit to businesses for their first $18,000 worth of business equipment.

Despite protests from some Republicans that some of its spending maneuvers were unconstitutional, nearly half of the caucus joined with House Democrats in passing the bill by a 49-16 margin and sending it onto Gov. John Hickenlooper.

But that was about the only kumbaya moment of a day that descended into endless negotiations and then finger-pointing over two issues key to businesses in rural Colorado.

By the time the state House of Representatives adjourned at 9:39 p.m., the Legislature had rolled back a bill to increase funding for rural broadband.

No gas for Energy Office

They also had failed to pass a reauthorization bill for the Colorado Energy Office, meaning that the majority of the office’s functions and its 24-person staff will disappear July 1. Read more …

• Democrats run most large cities, where violent crime rates are off the charts. So when young people needlessly die in the streets, WHY AREN’T YOU BLAMING DEMOCRATS?

• Democrats took over our healthcare system, resulting in skyrocketing premiums and deductibles, with far fewer choices. SO WHY AREN’T YOU BLAMING DEMOCRATS?

• More people are being killed in the name of one religion than all other religions on the planet combined, but Democrats attack anyone calling on that religion to clean up its act. So every time people are killed in the name of that religion, WHY AREN’T YOU BLAMING DEMOCRATS?

• Democrats demand higher minimum wages, thus lowering youth employment and increasing automation. So every time you see a touch screen instead of an employee, WHY AREN’T YOU BLAMING DEMOCRATS?

• Democrats run green energy, which costs thousands of percent more in tax subsidies to produce the same amount of energy. So when money is missing for roads or bridges or children or veterans, WHY AREN’T YOU BLAMING DEMOCRATS?

• Democrats run Hollywood, so when ticket prices rise for one-sided sermons masquerading as movies, WHY AREN’T YOU BLAMING DEMOCRATS?

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